The official carnival of Corrientes said goodbye until next year. Photo: German Pomar.
The official carnival of the city of Corrientes said goodbye until 2024 with the parade of the champion comparsas from all over the province, to the rhythm of samba, in a sold-out night at the venue where the celebration is held that lasted until dawn with the colors and brightness of its most popular festival.
With 95 percent of the hotel capacity occupied in the capital of Corrientes, according to official sources remarked on Monday night, the corsódromo “Nolo Alías” showed until after 5 in the morning that many tourists chose to visit the city of Corrientes for its famous carnival, which this afternoon will announce its winning comparsas in the various categories of the competition.
Photo: German Pomar.
For the farewell, the show was not scored and two comparsas from the first category of the official Corrientes contest, Ará Berá and Sapucay, shared the stage from 9:30 p.m. with the champions of the city’s neighborhood parade, as well as with the winners of eight other cities.
So, A total of 11 groups paraded before the stands that along the 600 meters of the avenue were filled to full capacity around midnight on Monday.
A total of 11 groups paraded before the stands that along the 600 meters of the avenue were filled to full capacity around midnight on Monday.
The first to make its way to the rhythm of the Corrientes neighborhood carnival was the champion Osiris, who surprised by the number of passistas and musicians despite not being part of the official parade.
Photo: German Pomar.
Then it was the turn of Marabú de Santo Tomé, a town on the coast of the Uruguay River and bordering Brazil, whose mayor, Augusto Suaid, highlighted in statements to the press that there was a parade of comparsas there after three years marked by the coronavirus pandemic. covid-19 and the wildfires of the summer of 2022.
“It fills us with pride to be in the best carnival in the country, which is not just a party, but an industry,” said the community chief of the town located 390 kilometers from the capital.
Then, Poderosa and Brillo de Luna came together to represent Ituzaingó with the theme “Fashion through the years”, who paraded until after 11 p.m. prior to the arrival of the Mercedes champion, Purajhei Porá, who, with His motif “Los miedos” showed in a more defined way the nuances of the various carnivals in the province, especially due to the influence of the Brazilian rhythm.
Photo: German Pomar.
This is a characteristic that synthesizes the proposal of the towns in the south and east of Corrientes, which have more arrival and tradition from Brazil in the composition of the soundtracks of their shows, with more samba and samba enredo typical of the marches than characterize the comparsas of the capital and cities of the north and the coast of the Paraná river.
Thus, for example, the champion of Monte Caseros, Carún Berá, stood out, who raised the stands with her songs of her own composition and dazzled the capital, not only because of a massive arrival of travelers who went to see the carnival from her town , but also for the making of their costumes.
“The artisan carnival gives us a plus, because we work all year round and it is pure passion that mobilizes this industry,” said the province’s Coordination Minister, Miguel Olivieri, who until two years ago was mayor of Monte Caseros.
Photo: German Pomar.
Previously, they had passed through the runway of the Corrientes Aymará de Goya, the extensive Ará Berá de Corrientes and an ensemble of the three main comparsas of the city of Esquina, Carú Curá, Yeroquí Porá and Esquina Samba.
The case of Esquina is similar to that of Ituzaingó, in which its local attractions contain dancers and musicians from friendly groups, a courtesy that the comparsa Alelí from Bella Vista had with Coé Berá from the city of Saladas, 100 kilometers from Corrientes.
The 2023 edition of the Corrientes party brought together more than 4,000 participants and achieved full house nights, with up to 20,000 spectators
With the passage of Tová Porá de Curuzú Cuatiá, after 3 o’clock the farewell began, which was left in the hands of the current champion of the capital, Sapucay, who with its more than 850 members interpreting her song “Lunática fascinación”, danced and sang their already classic hymns until minutes after 5.
Photo: German Pomar.
The scenographic display contemplated a mobilization of floats from the various points of the interior that were represented in the most massive carnival in the region, through logistics contributions from the provincial government.
The 2023 edition of the Corrientes festival brought together more than 4,000 participants and achieved full nights, with up to 20,000 spectators on this Sunday before the national carnival holidays, a figure similar to that of this Monday.
